Monday, May 23, 2022

A bubble tea shop for this long-vacant storefront on 14th Street

Pila de Boba, offering bubble tea, macarons and ice cream, is a new tenant for 328 E. 14th St. between First Avenue and Second Avenue.

The shop was scheduled to open this past Friday, per its Instagram account.

This space — now divided into two storefronts — has been vacant since Artichoke Basille's Pizza relocated across the street in June 2017. Before the move, the pizzeria suffered damage during a two-alarm fire. The FDNY said the fire was accidental — "due to heat from the pizza oven flue."

Various brokers have been trying to lease this space since early 2018. 

Thanks to Steven for the photo, and Pinch for keeping a watchful eye on the space.
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4 comments:

  1. AnonymousMay 23, 2022 at 11:06 AM

    Ugh, between the poor choice of design and font, this sign is no bueno.

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    1. AnonymousMay 23, 2022 at 1:51 PM

      Judge a book not by its cover, but by the content of its boba

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  2. AnonymousMay 23, 2022 at 1:59 PM

    As is the use of Spanglish

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  3. AnonymousMay 24, 2022 at 7:50 PM

    There is no Spanish used. Pila de boba means feed me boba in Hindi. The store represents southasian culture and offers a variety of great options !

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